From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King - ARM Linux Subject: Re: PROBLEMS WITH DNS Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 20:38:41 +0100 Message-ID: <20070608193840.GA12975@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <4669945F.5070708@mbdsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4669945F.5070708@mbdsys.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com Errors-To: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com To: Vadim Lebedev Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, Eduardo Franceschini List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 07:39:43PM +0200, Vadim Lebedev wrote: > this DHCP request are sent by kernel mode dhcp client, which has no access > to resolv.conf to store retrived information The kernel mode dhcp client is for supporting root-NFS, where you need to bring up a network interface in order to access your root filesystem. It's not supposed to be a subsitute for having a dhcp client in your local rootfs if you have a local rootfs. > I'dont now if somebody have developped a possibility to retriev this > info using user-mode app and store it into resolv.conf... The kernel doesn't even ask for DNS information when querying the DHCP server, so the DHCP server doesn't supply that information.